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didn't feel the loneliness as a salute to the pain and hopefully because i spend six months in a little unit in the middle of. the shore of by cali lake in suburbia and i was i was very very into in a remote place it was six days walking from the first leg so it's a reset each year and the humid nobody visits yeah i met a little bit of hunter sense and fisherman russian of course who sometimes were coming in my hood maybe one or two. each moments or the friendly yes very very very very very serious and very friendly very beary and that's again that's a very very it's a very very and they were of very true people regular people you know direct people and i love that but sometimes i spent two months without seeing even a man and. you know i do know he's on. the list and i didn't see the solitude as a pain because first of all i had a lot of books and when you have books you're in a conversation with the people who wrote the book so you are you sure yeah i'm sure i always think that a good book that makes you be in conversation with yourself isn't that well of course you are it's like it's like
didn't feel the loneliness as a salute to the pain and hopefully because i spend six months in a little unit in the middle of. the shore of by cali lake in suburbia and i was i was very very into in a remote place it was six days walking from the first leg so it's a reset each year and the humid nobody visits yeah i met a little bit of hunter sense and fisherman russian of course who sometimes were coming in my hood maybe one or two. each moments or the friendly yes very very very very very...
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in the novel way in a way that's been damaging to every nation in the world but in the process the united states has become less and less free it's become less and less economically viable and with each passing decade war has generated more and more profit for the u.s. military industry i topic r t discussed with filmmaker and vietnam war vet oliver stone we have not done well with interventions anywhere but we continue to be an empire you know we have eight hundred plus spaces see some of the very secret we leave created a huge infrastructure a global infrastructure we're trying to be the world's policeman when it comes to america's security republican senator chuck hagel has been nominated to replace leon panetta hey goal would be the first vietnam vet to ever head the u.s. department of defense when i was in vietnam in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight united states senators making decisions that affected my life. and lot of people who lost their lives but they didn't have i didn't having the say about someone needs to represent that perspective and in our government as well the pe
in the novel way in a way that's been damaging to every nation in the world but in the process the united states has become less and less free it's become less and less economically viable and with each passing decade war has generated more and more profit for the u.s. military industry i topic r t discussed with filmmaker and vietnam war vet oliver stone we have not done well with interventions anywhere but we continue to be an empire you know we have eight hundred plus spaces see some of the...
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a similar problem was on japan airlines 787 on january 7th in the united states. one of the batteries caught on fire at the international airport in boston. authorities are looking into the possibility that the batteries overheated, causing them to catch on fire. the battery is located below the cockpit and is used to run the plane's electrical system. the maker, gs yuasa, can hold trice the charge of other models the same weight, but they say it could overheat if too much power flows into the battery. >> translator: to identify the cause of the incident, they need to look not just at the battery but also at the circuits and how the battery was used. >> reporter: the inspectors aim to discover what went wrong with the dreamliner's entire electrical system and determine what safety measures are needed. nhk world, tokyo. >>> police in the american state of new mexico are trying to figure out what could have driven a teenager to pick up a gun and kill. they arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with the shooting deaths of five people including three children. auth
a similar problem was on japan airlines 787 on january 7th in the united states. one of the batteries caught on fire at the international airport in boston. authorities are looking into the possibility that the batteries overheated, causing them to catch on fire. the battery is located below the cockpit and is used to run the plane's electrical system. the maker, gs yuasa, can hold trice the charge of other models the same weight, but they say it could overheat if too much power flows into the...
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national nurses united heal america. tax-loss >>> there are a slew -- tax on wall street. there are a slew of good things that 1%ers are for. >> he is not really offering of a lot. >> he is talking about being taxed less than his assistant. there is a group of patriotic millionaires. it is the belief that you owe backe to a country that has helped to make you what you are. steve jobs -- we had a tough column in the last issue. it was tough not about apple labor practices in china. here you had a man of great wealth was talking about cutting taxes and never really gave of his philanthropic wealth. poor bill gates, he gets nailed for being so square. you can disagree with some things. but he is out there. >> all of them out there now came a little late to the party. they got very rich, very young. i wanted to leave some time for audience questions. i have not read more questions from the audience because they are also good. usually it is the guy with the aluminum hat on getting cia messages. [laughter] not really. if you want to line up, we have a few more minutes at the mic
national nurses united heal america. tax-loss >>> there are a slew -- tax on wall street. there are a slew of good things that 1%ers are for. >> he is not really offering of a lot. >> he is talking about being taxed less than his assistant. there is a group of patriotic millionaires. it is the belief that you owe backe to a country that has helped to make you what you are. steve jobs -- we had a tough column in the last issue. it was tough not about apple labor practices in...
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process so these kids who are already sort of approved to be adopted the will be able to go to the united states all the way until two thousand and fourteen. on wednesday rival palestinian groups fatah and hamas try to implement a unity agreement they first signed two years ago the easing of tension between the parties has already helped reunite one family in gaza torn apart by political strife and as paula slim reports it's israeli policies that pull to go side to look past their differences. but it's been five long years since this family was together one thousand eight hundred days since i'm in a muslim last saw her son his crime belonging to a group the gaza government was opposed to except this time it wasn't the israelis who forced him into exile but hamas. at the ago i left my family and house in gaza and headed for the west bank but it was only after the negotiations began that seventeen of us were given approval to go back home. it was back in two thousand and seven in a surprise coup that he must took control of gaza from wyvil faction group fatah one hundred sixty one people we
process so these kids who are already sort of approved to be adopted the will be able to go to the united states all the way until two thousand and fourteen. on wednesday rival palestinian groups fatah and hamas try to implement a unity agreement they first signed two years ago the easing of tension between the parties has already helped reunite one family in gaza torn apart by political strife and as paula slim reports it's israeli policies that pull to go side to look past their differences....
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some technical issues such as what kind of agreements will be signed between the united states and afghanistan are important and many others. let me turn to the three speakers each of, will speak between 6-10 minutes. we will open it up to questions and dialogue that. let me start with a gem. >> my responsibilities for afghanistan go back to 2001. i think it is fair to say, at least the current regime in kabul. i start by looking back and try to spot the things we did wrong at the time fundamental errors. i received at the time and tried to do something which the film to do entirely and did nothing about. >> one was a decision not to deploy any international peacekeepers and enter the country. no police force and no army and we decided security will be an afghan responsibility. i think that was a major mistake. the second was to allow the coalition that we built for the war and peace conference for the bond conference to disintegrate. peron had be helpful. at this don had be actively not unhelpful. we failed to keep up to the standard and to succeed in addition to the years. the third carriage
some technical issues such as what kind of agreements will be signed between the united states and afghanistan are important and many others. let me turn to the three speakers each of, will speak between 6-10 minutes. we will open it up to questions and dialogue that. let me start with a gem. >> my responsibilities for afghanistan go back to 2001. i think it is fair to say, at least the current regime in kabul. i start by looking back and try to spot the things we did wrong at the time...
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government occupy a country and remold their country so that it becomes a proxy or a client of the united states forty years and six presidents later critics say washington has done a better job at repeating mistakes rather than learning from them we still keep getting into the. war for wars or interventions in other countries. i mean it's wrong period you're not going to win. we don't win in iraq we didn't win in the afghanistan and we're grateful even when you've been there what are your life and the same thing is is like a vietnam we didn't win nothing who won absolutely nothing and you know and they just don't get it we've tried to rule the world we've tried to do it in the novel way in a way that's been damaging to every nation in the world but in the process the united states has become less and less it's become less and less economically viable and with each passing decade war has generated more and more profit for the us military. industry topic r t discussed with filmmaker and vietnam war vet oliver stone we have not done well with interventions anywhere but we continue to be an
government occupy a country and remold their country so that it becomes a proxy or a client of the united states forty years and six presidents later critics say washington has done a better job at repeating mistakes rather than learning from them we still keep getting into the. war for wars or interventions in other countries. i mean it's wrong period you're not going to win. we don't win in iraq we didn't win in the afghanistan and we're grateful even when you've been there what are your life...
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we recognize the united states interest and afghanistan and the region and the united states recognizes that afghanistan is a good country. and has a life of its own. it has a law of its own and has a social context of its own. in that social context afghanistan will move forward in partnership with america and also until partnership with the other countries of nato that have helped us in the past many years. will afghanistan, beyond 2014, be a country that you can visit as tourists? yes, it will. will afghanistan suffer the consequences of terrorism? it might on occasions. will the peace process work? it will. will the peace process take us back to times where the afghan woman could not go to work? no. will we keep our progress it is part of if peace process? yes. it is important today to get through this forum where the afghan woman council was created many years ago. if afghanistan will have peace but peace with the taliban will not drive us away from the gains that we have made. rather those gains will definitely be consolidated and those gains will remain with the afghan people. yo
we recognize the united states interest and afghanistan and the region and the united states recognizes that afghanistan is a good country. and has a life of its own. it has a law of its own and has a social context of its own. in that social context afghanistan will move forward in partnership with america and also until partnership with the other countries of nato that have helped us in the past many years. will afghanistan, beyond 2014, be a country that you can visit as tourists? yes, it...
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i've come here to cairo to seek a new beginning between the united states and muslims around the world words of promise the field of religion with hope and mutual respect but as obama begins his second term in office his critics will he want to first turn they felt far short of expectations progress on peace between israelis and palestinians remain stalled the promised economic development of afghanistan never took root and american relations with post mubarak egypt deteriorated and i didn't just the u.s. and ellen just community has more or less thought that it was in control of something called the muslim brotherhood and they brought them from egypt into saudi arabia and i think they thought they could just break out of that was it all they could have. asked are was or are and they're fighting now that i'm not leaking oil also. in libya the u.s. supported the intervention by nato and its allies touting it as a great advance for security entry and rights but the fallout from it ended with the death of the american ambassador and three other members of his staff the united states was o
i've come here to cairo to seek a new beginning between the united states and muslims around the world words of promise the field of religion with hope and mutual respect but as obama begins his second term in office his critics will he want to first turn they felt far short of expectations progress on peace between israelis and palestinians remain stalled the promised economic development of afghanistan never took root and american relations with post mubarak egypt deteriorated and i didn't...
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that force will have to change as the united states focuses increasingly on the pacific where distances are greater and it will face far more sophisticated potential adversaries, here to talk about the future of the sprawling network is the deputy chief of staff for intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, lieutenant general larry james. welcome to the program. >> thanks good to be here. >> let's start off first before we get into the future of f that. all eyes are on the operation that are going on in mali and said that the united states is supporting that through intelligence and other means. what can you tell us about the support the united states is giving the mission. >> i didn't get into operations and support at this time. i would refer you to th secretary of defense's comments and the things he has said to date and it's in flux as we work our way through this situation, but he will take the lead on that. >> let me go to the issue of just al-qaeda in general. the end product is tracking this persistent resilient enemy as it moves around the world. what are we seeing in terms
that force will have to change as the united states focuses increasingly on the pacific where distances are greater and it will face far more sophisticated potential adversaries, here to talk about the future of the sprawling network is the deputy chief of staff for intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, lieutenant general larry james. welcome to the program. >> thanks good to be here. >> let's start off first before we get into the future of f that. all eyes are on the...
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states as well as really damage the united states because all the uncertainty it all the negativity over the last really ten months almost as this dragged out this deal violated all the basic promises to both basic constituencies so nobody wanted to be responsible for a deal and everybody was much more interested in grandstanding and talking ideological purity than solving with nation's problems it was an expiring tax cuts why are we hearing much about it because they're focusing on the few successes some real some imagined and that is not an area of success and it highlights that when the republican party says no new taxes at all they mean new taxes and including new taxes for people who can afford it and when the democratic party says no new taxes for anyone making under two hundred fifty thousand they mean no new taxes except for the new taxes that you know which are thirteen hundred dollars more probably on average per year so nobody really wants to talk about the face that they executed here they want to talk about. their way down what they did not how they landed on their face
states as well as really damage the united states because all the uncertainty it all the negativity over the last really ten months almost as this dragged out this deal violated all the basic promises to both basic constituencies so nobody wanted to be responsible for a deal and everybody was much more interested in grandstanding and talking ideological purity than solving with nation's problems it was an expiring tax cuts why are we hearing much about it because they're focusing on the few...
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one of the principal conflicts with the united states and pakistan at that time was the united states felt like that pakistan was not doing enough. with respect to the haqqani network in north wazirstan. and therefore people had a sanctuary from supporting the taliban in afghanistan. and they go back across the border. and that therefore americans were being killed by people who had a safe refuge and the pakistani army was not vigorous enough in going into north wazirstan even though it was difficult. >> uh-huh. charlie that is very interesting. i find this to be the most fascinating blame on pakistan or allegation on pakistan ever. because you know pakistan is a country which forth last ten years has gone through enormous, has had to, a not of our own choice but we have had to make enormous sacrifices. we lost 40,000 civilians in the last ten years. we lost 6,000 para military, military, law enforcement forces in the last ten years. we have had multiplicity of bomb attacks inside our colleges, schools, school buses, bazaars, villages, et cetera. now if we had the ability or the capac
one of the principal conflicts with the united states and pakistan at that time was the united states felt like that pakistan was not doing enough. with respect to the haqqani network in north wazirstan. and therefore people had a sanctuary from supporting the taliban in afghanistan. and they go back across the border. and that therefore americans were being killed by people who had a safe refuge and the pakistani army was not vigorous enough in going into north wazirstan even though it was...
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states being at peace in any type of permanent manner wars for the united states are a double sided sward on the one hand because the military industrial complex accounts for probably about seventy five percent of the american economy the produce an input to the economy on the other hand as we've seen in afghanistan in iraq the also drain the economy on one side so it's almost a endless circle a have to continue off in these interventions to be able to bring in the resources to be able to then say we're able to have new interventions and unfortunately that's been the story of the last. thirty or forty years so they're constantly moving troops around in part because countries. are comfortable with having american troops stationed there and as you've seen in the far east in japan troops have committed crimes on the civilian population and that has caused difficulties with their acceptance within the population and unless now check some other news in brave this hour an apartment building has collapsed killing twenty five and they say at least twelve in the coastal egyptian state have a
states being at peace in any type of permanent manner wars for the united states are a double sided sward on the one hand because the military industrial complex accounts for probably about seventy five percent of the american economy the produce an input to the economy on the other hand as we've seen in afghanistan in iraq the also drain the economy on one side so it's almost a endless circle a have to continue off in these interventions to be able to bring in the resources to be able to then...
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government occupy a country and we mourn their country so that it becomes a proxy or a client of the united states all despite the huge losses both sides suffered in the conflict for decades ago now we explore whether washington has learned the lessons or is ready to repeat his costly mistakes. and up to twenty people are being killed in a double blast at the university of. syria i mean battleground between government forces and rebels looking to overthrow president assad more details on that just around the corner. now france says it will significantly boost its intervention force to mali with the total number of troops deployed to the conflict zone expected to reach two and a half thousand felt paris's carrying out attacks against islamist insurgents in its former african colony only from the air but despite almost five days of intensive airstrikes aimed at helping mali's government the militants have now managed to grab more territory and raises fears the fight against islamists will not be as swift as france initially planned and the u.s. and britain are among those who will assist the
government occupy a country and we mourn their country so that it becomes a proxy or a client of the united states all despite the huge losses both sides suffered in the conflict for decades ago now we explore whether washington has learned the lessons or is ready to repeat his costly mistakes. and up to twenty people are being killed in a double blast at the university of. syria i mean battleground between government forces and rebels looking to overthrow president assad more details on that...
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we need to be united to stand against it. however, the crisis has got other dimensions. not domestically alone. it is clear to anyone who wanted to see in the region, there are those that are trying to weaken or demise syria. money, arms, and others by support and training. countries who are enemies. they have built themselves on occupation, and it is no stranger for us to see that, and others that wanted to dominate syria, and other countries trying to find a place in history that they never had. however, they wrote a history with the blood of arab people. however, the syrians are more stronger than them and will teach them a lesson. [applause] internationally, it is no secret that syria was and is still a free, sovereign place. it does not accept any trusteeship from anybody. [applause] this is what alarmed the west, and it still does, so they used internal events in order to take syria out of the political equation so that they get rid of this phobia that they have, and, of course, opposition is the same as others. however, the international society is not only limite
we need to be united to stand against it. however, the crisis has got other dimensions. not domestically alone. it is clear to anyone who wanted to see in the region, there are those that are trying to weaken or demise syria. money, arms, and others by support and training. countries who are enemies. they have built themselves on occupation, and it is no stranger for us to see that, and others that wanted to dominate syria, and other countries trying to find a place in history that they never...
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one not countries like turkey, or the united states? why do we have to have something the, where people in pakistan, some people, rightly or wrongly, say we are facing a difficult situation? that is why we have a concern. apart from that, nothing else. >> second row, over here. >> hello? mr. jawad, my name is -- >> you are ok. >> director of operations at the world bank. i like your comment that economic prosperity is probably the most important aspect of the transition. we are speaking about long-term schemes. in rehabilitation of countries, the world bank has taken a lead, oftentimes, in countries in latin america, eastern europe, and many others, and even in pakistan. short-term schemes will development. social development schemes have been put into action which have a lead time for results which are very much shorter than you talk about. to what extent, in afghanistan, have those kinds of schemes and applied? to my mind, in addition to the parallel track with the long schemes, we need shorter schemes, which addresses some of the oth
one not countries like turkey, or the united states? why do we have to have something the, where people in pakistan, some people, rightly or wrongly, say we are facing a difficult situation? that is why we have a concern. apart from that, nothing else. >> second row, over here. >> hello? mr. jawad, my name is -- >> you are ok. >> director of operations at the world bank. i like your comment that economic prosperity is probably the most important aspect of the transition....
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and sympathy on the international stage it was on this one young who's watching that as the recent united nations palestinian statehood bid demonstrated european unfailing support for israel has floundered it was also on its own yahoos watch that u.s. is revelations reached at the lowest ebb and now it's on his watch again that palestinian unity seems possible for her to have a long term interest of her for a start think of cooperate again because otherwise they're running the risk that gaza in the west bank will be and probably part of the same political structure which de facto right now is the case leaders from both sides have a new day calls for the conciliation if you left with them you know we think that of course. between hamas and fatah is a catastrophe it's proof for that doesn't mean peace etc etc but for this family nothing can detract from the feeling of question cheat and joy of a father and son coming home they tears and smiles echoed the hope that a new chapter is also about to open in gaza political life points here r.t. on the israel gaza border but as well as supreme cou
and sympathy on the international stage it was on this one young who's watching that as the recent united nations palestinian statehood bid demonstrated european unfailing support for israel has floundered it was also on its own yahoos watch that u.s. is revelations reached at the lowest ebb and now it's on his watch again that palestinian unity seems possible for her to have a long term interest of her for a start think of cooperate again because otherwise they're running the risk that gaza in...
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states the united states has said oh we're going to get more involved so we're involved in mali were involved in nigeria were involved in uganda in sort of east african area were involved in somalia and these are all of which is serious dangerous trends that we're seeing because most of it's done in secret most of it's done with sort of special ops and drones the american people don't know about it and it could end up very very very poorly for a lot of innocent people in africa was thinking with foreign policy will do you think china now is america's number one enemy after what we saw in the election i don't know of enemy i think. well america always needs an enemy america always has an enemy ok so is this the new one. well well yet we we need something to leverage our and the tea against that it was russia for a while and then it was japan remember the early eighty's arisings on in and now it's well then it was iran and iraq and iran and saddam really helped because saddam was he looked evil he was perfectly good police sketch artist rendering of a child molester yeah he was a perfe
states the united states has said oh we're going to get more involved so we're involved in mali were involved in nigeria were involved in uganda in sort of east african area were involved in somalia and these are all of which is serious dangerous trends that we're seeing because most of it's done in secret most of it's done with sort of special ops and drones the american people don't know about it and it could end up very very very poorly for a lot of innocent people in africa was thinking...
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president of the united states two successful four-year terms. on the domestic front, he enacted a major economic recovery package followed by an overhaul of social security. and in his second term, reagan gained a major tax reform. on the defense front, republican president reagan again with the help of the rity presided over a major increase in the defense budget, congress presided over a major increase in the defense budget, the defe including straby millions of protesters here and abroad. also commander in chief reagan gained secret aid for freedom fighters in central america, the quote unquote contras. in his second term reagan negotiated a nuclear arms control treaty with our then by senate. enemy the soviet union ratified by a democratic center. in republican reagan could work with democrats controlling both the house and for two years the senate, why can't president obama, a democrat, achieve more with republicans who control the house and his democrats who control the senate? >> there's a lot of myth about tip o'neal and ronald reagan wo
president of the united states two successful four-year terms. on the domestic front, he enacted a major economic recovery package followed by an overhaul of social security. and in his second term, reagan gained a major tax reform. on the defense front, republican president reagan again with the help of the rity presided over a major increase in the defense budget, congress presided over a major increase in the defense budget, the defe including straby millions of protesters here and abroad....
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government occupied country and we mold their country so that it becomes a proxy or a quiet for the united states well despite the huge losses from both sides suffered in the conflict almost four decades ago we explore whether washington has learned the lessons or is possibly poised to repeat it's costly mistakes. france says it will significantly boost its intervention force to mali where the total number of troops deployed to the conflict zone expected to reach two and a half thousand for another paris is carrying out attacks against islamic insurgents in its former african colonies though only from the air at this point but despite almost five days of intensive airstrikes aimed at helping mali's government militants have managed to grab yet more territory it does raise fears to say that the fight against islamist there will not be swift as a french authorities had initially planned at the u.s. and britain are among those who will assist the combat mission is also seeking arab backing eric margolies an award winning columnist whose extensively covered conflicts in africa believes the fre
government occupied country and we mold their country so that it becomes a proxy or a quiet for the united states well despite the huge losses from both sides suffered in the conflict almost four decades ago we explore whether washington has learned the lessons or is possibly poised to repeat it's costly mistakes. france says it will significantly boost its intervention force to mali where the total number of troops deployed to the conflict zone expected to reach two and a half thousand for...
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energy sector in the united states is law actually privately operated and to purchase. or. only by regulation own the federal government has meant that law it regulation to state local governments though it possible to call our grit to gather that he is saying there are no i mean recent not only financial and also policy reasons where really changes have to. if we want to change our safety and our livelihood the changes aren't just limited to the grid engineers have warned that many of america's bridges roads dams levees and power plants are in danger of crumbling if not repaired especially as sea levels continue rising even one bomb is nothing compared to what hurricane sandy did across the northeast a thousand miles of destruction there was a very very big natural event. and you know to have congress not funding the. repair of the basically infrastructure. is just staggering. a broken foundation that risks the chance of becoming the nation's biggest homegrown danger marina portnoy r.t. new york. on our website right now hundreds of our original rights activists are stagin
energy sector in the united states is law actually privately operated and to purchase. or. only by regulation own the federal government has meant that law it regulation to state local governments though it possible to call our grit to gather that he is saying there are no i mean recent not only financial and also policy reasons where really changes have to. if we want to change our safety and our livelihood the changes aren't just limited to the grid engineers have warned that many of...
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this comes from a united states military commander in the united states. i'll jump across the border and tell you why the stakes could not be higher. this is pakistan in 2005. 74,000 people were killed in this earthquake. 18,000 were kids going to school. most of the kids that died were younger and female because they didn't have desks so when the walls started shaking and the roof came down they perished. there was 9,000 schools destroyed or rendered unusable. 1/2 million kids displaced out of school. in earthquake, they call it the coy mot that means this apocalypse. at first there was a very heroic effort. infer natio international community helped. after katrina red cross got 2,000,000 for help and for this earthquake red cross received 6 million dollars. the united states sent in helicopters that conductd the greatest air lift in the history of mankind. moved about 20 thousand on thes in the mountains to keep 1/2 million people a hive during the wintertime. it was very heroic and people were grateful. aid has dropped 70 percent after a year in the wak
this comes from a united states military commander in the united states. i'll jump across the border and tell you why the stakes could not be higher. this is pakistan in 2005. 74,000 people were killed in this earthquake. 18,000 were kids going to school. most of the kids that died were younger and female because they didn't have desks so when the walls started shaking and the roof came down they perished. there was 9,000 schools destroyed or rendered unusable. 1/2 million kids displaced out of...
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here in the united states we have background checks, people know where you've been, what you've been doing since you were born. so by the time you are 18 years old, everybody knows who's who, you can go on to your facebook account and figure out what you've done for your last 18 years. you don't have that in afghanistan. a lot of these people that come in and want to be soldiers or policemen can only be veted by the elders in the village. so you don't know who you are. what we tried to do was bring in bio metrics and you'll probably read about that now, how do we reset and establish a good background way to determine who should be armed and who should be in uniform over there and who shouldn't be and that's some of the things we were doing. corruption is very real. but it's acceptable. we don't like it but in afghanistan, people accept corruption as a way of life. so another challenge was how do we change the mind set, how did we make people realize it's not right to do the kind of things they were doing which was grafting, taking money and being a corrupt society, taking money from
here in the united states we have background checks, people know where you've been, what you've been doing since you were born. so by the time you are 18 years old, everybody knows who's who, you can go on to your facebook account and figure out what you've done for your last 18 years. you don't have that in afghanistan. a lot of these people that come in and want to be soldiers or policemen can only be veted by the elders in the village. so you don't know who you are. what we tried to do was...
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away, is that no matter if you look at van turkey, you go to china, you go to india or you go to the united states, go up to the dakotas, you go to missouri, you go to joplin, what you find is that people are more resilient than we give them credit for being. people will will come out in their community and help themselves given the opportunity. now, again, back to the politics. being a heavily kurdish region, they don't have the greatest relationship with istanbul, they don't have the greatest relationship with the turkish government. it's a completely different world. it's completely opposite. when their armed forces show up, it's not really lacked upon as a good thin. this is why i want to say thank you to our military that's here today, to the army, the navy, the military in general, the marines, the coast guard, even i saw a couple air force running around here yesterday. the fact that you are here and you are in san francisco and you do this every year, it says a lot. because we lack at -- look at this as a good week. we have a great working relationship and after being there and seei
away, is that no matter if you look at van turkey, you go to china, you go to india or you go to the united states, go up to the dakotas, you go to missouri, you go to joplin, what you find is that people are more resilient than we give them credit for being. people will will come out in their community and help themselves given the opportunity. now, again, back to the politics. being a heavily kurdish region, they don't have the greatest relationship with istanbul, they don't have the greatest...
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in a way that was really quite dishonest and dangerous because it was essentially setting the united states up for situations where. elsewhere was still just strong but getting stronger and was getting stronger because of policies that the united states had followed and it was washington's politics that did little to win palestinians over to obama's side washington was against the upgraded status of palestine at the united nations angering but not surprising instance i would say that the people in general. stop thinking of him as a somebody who will do. us any favor or any good we realize that all our expectations which were very high turned out to be zero as a matter of fact islamophobia inside the united states is on the increase helped in no small part of by the growing negative portrayal of the muslim world in the media and hollywood recent polls show overall confidence in obama has dropped especially in muslim countries where declined by nine percent in three years global approval of his international policies is also decreased from a positive rating of thirty four percent in th
in a way that was really quite dishonest and dangerous because it was essentially setting the united states up for situations where. elsewhere was still just strong but getting stronger and was getting stronger because of policies that the united states had followed and it was washington's politics that did little to win palestinians over to obama's side washington was against the upgraded status of palestine at the united nations angering but not surprising instance i would say that the people...
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claiming victory after president mahmoud abbas successfully upgrade a palestinian state has at the united nations as hamas and fatah move closer together the irony is that they getting help from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in his right wing policies and rhetoric are winning the palestinian support and sympathy on the international stage it was on that on yahoo's watching that as the recent united nations palestinian statehood bid demonstrated european unfailing support for israel has floundered it was also on it on yahoo's watch that u.s. is revelations reached their lowest ebb and now it's on his watch again that palestinian unity plausible seems. for her it's a long term interest of her for us to think cooperate again because otherwise they're running the risk that the west bank will be and we're going to be part of the same political structure which de facto right now is the case leaders from both sides have a new day calls for reconsideration if you left with them you know you think that of course. between hamas and catastrophe it's proof for that doesn't mean peace etc
claiming victory after president mahmoud abbas successfully upgrade a palestinian state has at the united nations as hamas and fatah move closer together the irony is that they getting help from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in his right wing policies and rhetoric are winning the palestinian support and sympathy on the international stage it was on that on yahoo's watching that as the recent united nations palestinian statehood bid demonstrated european unfailing support for israel...
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now israel is advancing its settlement plans is suing tenders for two hundred more housing units to be built in the west bank meanwhile an israeli anti settlement group has released a report saying the government is stepping up construction in strategic areas to prevent the creation of a viable palestinian state and many israeli settlers share the feeling that the issue has a purely political agenda. is wary about unpacking again he's already been forced to move twice first from the israeli settlement of you have made in the sinai peninsula and then twenty three years later from the settlement of gaza in a move television hoped would inspire peace both times the government had encouraged him to put down roots in the settlements and both times his government forced him out. there's a good argument that i government betrayed me it betrayed the people it sent to settle the land and build their lives there but that's a mistake a mistake there should be fixes that though but first evian the thousands of other former gaza settlers need to fix their lives a group of them live here in central
now israel is advancing its settlement plans is suing tenders for two hundred more housing units to be built in the west bank meanwhile an israeli anti settlement group has released a report saying the government is stepping up construction in strategic areas to prevent the creation of a viable palestinian state and many israeli settlers share the feeling that the issue has a purely political agenda. is wary about unpacking again he's already been forced to move twice first from the israeli...
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yes that's right and the united states and the west have to come out and support these people who are on the street just having it happen so it can put pressure on morsi in arkansas government in order to agree to certain demands that the united states and israel are making and that the u.s. doesn't necessarily have to come forward and say oh yes we were in support of these people oh no many here i believe is just a mouth it's just an issue of putting pressure on morsi perhaps he and his government are beginning to fear in a certain direction that is not pleasing to the united states and to israel and is that because it is the muslim dominance there mark is that is that because obviously there is a huge worry now among the amongst the egyptians that the islamists are taking over the country is being dominated by the muslim brotherhood and also is that something that should worry the u.s. in the western states who after all help this revolution and the united states is now because egypt is. in the western financial aid and western military in that regard egypt is is perfectly safe with
yes that's right and the united states and the west have to come out and support these people who are on the street just having it happen so it can put pressure on morsi in arkansas government in order to agree to certain demands that the united states and israel are making and that the u.s. doesn't necessarily have to come forward and say oh yes we were in support of these people oh no many here i believe is just a mouth it's just an issue of putting pressure on morsi perhaps he and his...
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states in fact the whole issue of the option has been quite a problem between russia and the united states for several years now and officials in moscow say it's not only the key pieces of abuse themselves but also the lack of a proper legal reaction from american off goalies including the lack of heavy jail sentences which could have prevented these cases from happening again so authorities say that banning americans from adopting russian kids is actually aimed at protecting them and it's fair to say that they do have quite a large number of supporters in society in russia just recently about why the russian girl in her blog online wrote a personal letter to president putin for the signs the bill in the end asking him to change his mind to abolish the slaughter and she explained it by saying that in many cases the orphans which are being adopted by americans and many foreigners but americans in this case they are disabled and they are simply not able to receive the proper medical attention here in russia and we both already heard from the president's press secretary to me that he w
states in fact the whole issue of the option has been quite a problem between russia and the united states for several years now and officials in moscow say it's not only the key pieces of abuse themselves but also the lack of a proper legal reaction from american off goalies including the lack of heavy jail sentences which could have prevented these cases from happening again so authorities say that banning americans from adopting russian kids is actually aimed at protecting them and it's fair...
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point the pommy and i'm not thinking about only people here in the united states all over the world as people are and they are don't want to be criminalized. turning now to some other stories making global headlines this hour at least fifteen thousand people marched in london to protest against the government's plans to close hospital services at a hospital in the london south louison hospital as maternity ward and emergency an accident department closed part of a reorganization program this after the south london health care trust was placed into administration you also huge debts administrators claim the plans would put lives at risk and create a worrying political precedence. in syria more than three hundred inmates were freed by rebels after they stormed a major jail in the northwest city of easily according to opposition activists dozens of prisoners and security personnel were killed in the unsuccessful attempt to gain control of the facility and while violence across the country continues to take more civilian lives the latest strike by a syrian warplanes near the city of monbio
point the pommy and i'm not thinking about only people here in the united states all over the world as people are and they are don't want to be criminalized. turning now to some other stories making global headlines this hour at least fifteen thousand people marched in london to protest against the government's plans to close hospital services at a hospital in the london south louison hospital as maternity ward and emergency an accident department closed part of a reorganization program this...
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an all time low never has american record history been so disappointed with the lawmaking body the united states even former arkansas governor mike huckabee said that their approval ratings are just barely above a pedophile so i guess that's good news for the disgusting pedophiles out there so you won't be the most hated group in america anymore but i don't think this statistic reflects the quality of government but so much the quality of the governed in some small country with a hard to pronounce name if the government became that unpopular the country would simply collapse but no matter how many wars congress gets involved in and no matter how many jobs are shipped overseas or no matter how much the american dream gets stamped out everyone still rallies around obama and votes democrat and republican this popularity rating doesn't show how effective the government is it shows how arrogant they are because they seem to have no fear whatsoever of getting reelected or being punished in any way for their bad behavior so you know congress i have to save us keep up the good work go for one per
an all time low never has american record history been so disappointed with the lawmaking body the united states even former arkansas governor mike huckabee said that their approval ratings are just barely above a pedophile so i guess that's good news for the disgusting pedophiles out there so you won't be the most hated group in america anymore but i don't think this statistic reflects the quality of government but so much the quality of the governed in some small country with a hard to...
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these new units moved their units to very very quickly and it was a complete failure in all these policy and when the french are pursuing the wrong going to fail because you can't we you know we'll start with a real crisis by military means first say there has to be complete she industry teaching simply forward thinking and the united states in the west has to focus on the underlying problems of economic development power the food shortages the accent or that make these countries very weak and fragile and susceptible to these kinds of attacks unless that paradigm shift occurs and we're just going to be killing more people. dropping bombs and will be doing nothing to help africa. now at r.t. dot com we've been asking you what you think the french combat mission in my. ali will eventually achieve a let's see some of the options we're suggesting at r.t. dot com right now it will quickly bring stability to the west african state or drag france into a war inside islamists to launch terror attacks or result in the recall in his asian of mali let's bring up the numbers now and see how your voti
these new units moved their units to very very quickly and it was a complete failure in all these policy and when the french are pursuing the wrong going to fail because you can't we you know we'll start with a real crisis by military means first say there has to be complete she industry teaching simply forward thinking and the united states in the west has to focus on the underlying problems of economic development power the food shortages the accent or that make these countries very weak and...
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it's an issue for the united states. numbers are not going to make a difference to the situation in afghanistan. it's the broader relationship that will make a difference to afghanistan and beyond in the region. the specifics of numbers are issues that the military will decide and afghanistan will have no particular concern. when we're talking of numbers and how they are calculated. afghan interests. >>. >> translator: the government of afghanistan i would like to ask the question in my own language. mr. president, combative mission united states after 2014, how this mission will be, how will it be resembling, resembling the same mission as it was during 11 years? or is there a difference? different kind of mission. those who are in pakistan, particularly the safe havens that are in pakistan, what kind of policy will you have. thank you. >> the mission will be fundamentally different. just to repeat. our main reason, should we have troops in afghanistan post 2014 at the invitation of the afghan government will be to make
it's an issue for the united states. numbers are not going to make a difference to the situation in afghanistan. it's the broader relationship that will make a difference to afghanistan and beyond in the region. the specifics of numbers are issues that the military will decide and afghanistan will have no particular concern. when we're talking of numbers and how they are calculated. afghan interests. >>. >> translator: the government of afghanistan i would like to ask the question...